MEDFORD, Ore. — When the U.S. Senate voted on deal to reopen the government this week, tucked into the bill was a provision that would ban most THC and hemp products.

The last-minute provision closed a loophole that allowed manufacturers to convert hemp into high-potency THC products through chemical processing. That loophole was opened when Congress passed the Farm Bill in 2018, which legalized hemp-derived products.

The new provision will cap hemp products at just 0.4 milligrams of THC per container, a fraction of what's in nearly all products on the market today.

A letter signed by 38 attorneys general asked Congress to close that "loophole" that allowed for "Frankenstein THC products that get adults high and harm and even kill children." Neither Oregon nor Washington signed t

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